Catherine Haddad brings us a lesson with Casey Dornan Nilsson riding a seven year old, Willie, who has been on DTO in previous videos. They begin by making sure that he is working behind. Since the last video he has become more uphill with better connection and balance. They show a wonderful example of the counter canter in both a 20 and 10 meter circle. The threes and twos are beautifully straight and expressive.
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Walk Canter Transitions and Straightn...
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Canter Exercises for the Young Horse ...
Part 2: Chrissa comes back to trot and allows the horse to stretch. She explains that this tests if her canter work was correct by making sure he still trusts the contact and will swing through and come down onto the hand softly. She repeats this test at the walk, making sure the hind legs still ...
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Warm Up, Basics | Nancy Later
Warm up, basics
